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FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Phoenix, AZ · January 11, 2002

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Date
January 11, 2002 · 11:46 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
WIWS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2158E
Reported as
Piper PA44180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
N2158ERegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2021 · Piper PA-44-180S/N 44-7995148 · Built 1978Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23)Pilot reported unsafe nose gear, cycled gear several times declared emergency and landed. Nose gear collapsed causing minor damage to nose, gear doors and props. Found bolt backed out of lower nose gear trunnion causing gear to bind damaging nose gear down lock causing gear to collapse. No determination could be made as to why the cotter key and nut was missing from the bolt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT REPORTED UNSAFE NOSE GEAR, CYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE, GEAR DOORS AND PROPS. FOUND BOLT BACKED OUT OF LOWER NOSE GEAR TRUNNION CAUSING GEAR TO BIND DAMAGING NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK CAUSING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO WHY THE COTTER KEY AND NUT WAS MISSING FROM THE BOLT.